Upholstered furniture.



No. 656,39l. Patented Aug. 2|, I900. .1. B. comma.

UPI-IOLSTERED FURNITURE.

Application filed Feb. 19, 1900.) (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN BAPTIST CONRAD, OF sAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 656,391, dated August 21, 1900.

Application filed February 19, 1900. fierial No. 5,758. (No model.)

, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in upholstered furniture; and it consists in the novel combination and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a lounge or sofa constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 'is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view thereof, and Fig. 4 is an end view of the head-rest detached.

The object of my invention is to construct upholstered furniture in such a manner that the upholstered portions or cushions thereof may be readily removed from the framework of the furniture or turned in such a position without removing the cushions from the framework, whereby the accumulation of dust, dirt, or other foreign substance is prevented and the upholstered port-ion thereof easily removed and cleaned when necessity requires it, and, further, the upholstered portion or cushions may be covered with upholstering material of difierent color and quality of material as may be desired,wh ereby the appearance of the furniture may be readily changed by turning the cushions upon their pivotal supports, all of which will appear from the detail description to follow.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the framework of the lounge or sofa, which may be of any suitable design and shape and provided with a back 2, common to all furniture of this character.

The seat or bed portion 3 of the lounge is upholstered about its entire outer surface and is preferably elliptical in cross-section, which gives the lounge the proper shape and appearance, whereby the said seat may be turned or reversed or entirely removed from the frame 1, as maybe desired, and projecting from the opposite ends of the said seat are pins 4, which normally rest in bearings formed in the transverse members 5 of said frame.

The head-rest 6 is circular in cross-section and is upholstered in any desirable manner, the same covering the entire outer surface of the same, and projecting from the opposite end of said head-rest are pins 7, which are received by suitable bearings formed in the appropriate portion of the frame of the lounge, whereby the head-rest may be turned to bring to view any suitable color of upholstering that may be placed upon said rest or the latter entirely removed for cleaning the same when desired.

As shown in the drawings, the back 2 of the lounge is provided with two cushions which are similarly constructed; but it is obvious that one may be used or more than two, as may be found most desirable, openings 8 being formed in said back for the reception of the cushions 9, whereby the latter may be turned when desired to bring to view the proper color of upholstering covering the said cushions to correspond with the color of the upholstering exposed to View on the remaining cushions. The cushions 9 are preferably elliptical in'cross-sectiomand projecting from the opposite ends of the same are pins 10, which are received by suitable bearings formed in the back 2 of the lounge, whereby said cushions may also be removed from the back when it is desired to thoroughly clean the same.

From the foregoing description it will read ily be seen that it is impossible for dirt or dust to accumulate about the cushions thus formed and attached to the frame of the lounge, and, further, should it be necessary to clean the upholstery or coverings of the cushions the latter can be easily removed from the frame. It is further to be noted that two or more colors of upholstering may be used on the cushions, whereby when the cushions are reversed in position the appearance of the lounge will be greatly changed.

In order to hold the bed portion 3 of the lounge in its proper position after the same has been turned, one of the pins 4 is formed square, which is received by a correspondingly-shaped bearing, the latter being composed of a plate 11, rigidly secured to and ICO set in one of the transverse members 5, from which projects a screw-threaded pin 12, and hinged to said plate is a clip 13, formed in such a manner as to snugly receivea portion of the pin 4, the said clip being provided with an opening through which the screwthreaded pin loosely passes, and screwed upon the latter is a nut 14, which is adapted to be adjusted against a coil-spring 15, which bears against the clip 13 and encircles the said pin 12, whereby the cushion or bed -3 is yieldingly held in position and allows the same to be turned without releasing the parts. Having fully described my invention, what I 5 I claim is- A lounge comprising a bed portion both sides ofwhich are upholstered, pins projecting from the opposite ends of the same, and adapted to be received by bearings, a frame to which the latter are secured, a suitable said pin, and a coil-spring encircling the latand interposed between the nut and plate and encircling said pin, asand' for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affi x my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN BAPTIST CONRAD.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH; BELL,

H. SCHNEIDER, 

